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trincheta · 10-29-2023, 12:03 PM

Hi Marek! Thank you very much for your help and effort on this jailbreak.
I am new to Kindle, not to mention how to jailbreak them. I got this Paperwhite 3 WiFi with 5.16.2.1.1 and I can't seem to get the jailbreak working.
I got to the Pseudot language selection, then the Kindle was in Chinese. I got to sideload the update_hotfix_languagebreak.bin and it applied correctly. The device rebooted into Chinese again but at least I had the mkk folder when plugging USB, so everything was there I guess. Except that I wasn't able to change the language! Google lens said it was the "Device is managed" error.
Anyways, I went further and tried to install KUAL/MRPI with this instructions: https://kindlemodding.gitbook.io/kin...ling-kual-mrpi

And I get some errors saying that it couldn't remount rootfs as RO with a "-_-" emoji... I guess that's not good since I don't see anything in the Library tab, I should see Kual there, right?

Edit: I tried to reinstall 5.16.2.1.1, erase everything and start over again two or three times and this is the most I got. I can provide some photos of the process if that would help.

10-29-2023, 12:03 PM	#114
trincheta Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2023 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen	Hi Marek! Thank you very much for your help and effort on this jailbreak. I am new to Kindle, not to mention how to jailbreak them. I got this Paperwhite 3 WiFi with 5.16.2.1.1 and I can't seem to get the jailbreak working. I got to the Pseudot language selection, then the Kindle was in Chinese. I got to sideload the update_hotfix_languagebreak.bin and it applied correctly. The device rebooted into Chinese again but at least I had the mkk folder when plugging USB, so everything was there I guess. Except that I wasn't able to change the language! Google lens said it was the "Device is managed" error. Anyways, I went further and tried to install KUAL/MRPI with this instructions: https://kindlemodding.gitbook.io/kin...ling-kual-mrpi And I get some errors saying that it couldn't remount rootfs as RO with a "-_-" emoji... I guess that's not good since I don't see anything in the Library tab, I should see Kual there, right? Edit: I tried to reinstall 5.16.2.1.1, erase everything and start over again two or three times and this is the most I got. I can provide some photos of the process if that would help.